What do you call an organism that gets heat from the environment?

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What do you call an organism that gets heat from the environment? What element jumpstarts plant growth and photosynthesis? What do you call organism that makes its own energy?

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Ecology (BIO 3104) Week 2 Notes   Physiological Ecology        Resource         ­something that is consumed by an organism       Consumption of resources effects availability       Examples of resources: water, nesting sites, mates, places to feed       Conditions         ­things we need to survive        ­depends on location       Water is both a resource and a condition   Thermal Regulation  Ectotherm: organism that gets heat from the environment (cold blooded)  Endotherm: produces energy for body heat internally through metabolism  Poikilotherm: organism whose body temperature mimics the environment + or – some   small differential   Homeotherm: organism that maintains a fairly constant temperature        A homeotherm can maintain

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